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• In California law, we mainly regulate direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies, but there are no
• Lily McKay on behalf of Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District in support. Thank you.
• Their personalities, judgment, and emotional regulation are still forming.

Summary: The committee heard several public safety and privacy bills, with extensive testimony on each. AB 1872 by Assembly Member Ta would make repeat swatting a wobbler and require offenders to compensate victims for property damage. Supporters, including civil liberties, sheriff, and district attorney representatives, said swatting is a serious and growing threat to first responders, schools, and public officials. Opponents argued existing law already covers false emergency reports and warned the bill could worsen penalties for people with mental illness. The committee approved the bill on a do pass motion to Appropriations. AB 1727, also by Assembly Member Ta, would make it a misdemeanor to transfer or sell a person’s genetic data without consent. Supporters framed the bill as a needed privacy protection in light of advances in genetic technology and AI, citing examples such as HeLa cells and concerns about unauthorized DNA collection. Opponents, including ACLU Cal Action, said civil penalties already exist under current law and objected to creating a new carceral offense for nonviolent conduct. The committee accepted amendments and moved the bill forward as amended to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. The committee then took up AB 1782 by Assembly Member DeMaio, which would lower the threshold for retaining certain offenders with mental health disorders in state hospital custody and broaden the conduct considered in dangerousness determinations. Supporters said the bill responds to a recent release case and would help prevent dangerous releases; opponents, including disability rights and public defender groups, said it would weaken due process and expand involuntary confinement. The chair recommended a no vote, and the bill remained on call after a split roll. AB 1632 by Assembly Member Johnson, which removes the notarization requirement for trespass authorization letters, passed as amended despite opposition from homelessness advocates and public defenders who said it could increase arrests of unhoused people; supporters said it would reduce bureaucracy and help property owners and police respond to trespassing. The committee also heard AB 1968 by Assembly Member Gallagher, which would add conspiracy to commit murder to the list of offenses eligible for heightened juvenile court handling; supporters cited a foiled school attack in Tehama County, while opponents warned of overbroad punishment and racial disparities. The bill was discussed but not yet voted on in the portion provided.

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• member, we've had the experience of a student having eloped, and then they're always attracted to water
• Next up, HB 667, Electric Personal Assisted Mobility Device Regulations, by Representative Valdés.
• committee for allowing me to present House Bill 667, Electric Personal Assisted Mobility Device Regulations

Summary: The committee heard and advanced a large slate of bills, beginning with HB 1405, which would reestablish a pilot program at four state universities to screen people with special needs who are at risk of elopement and provide families with tracking devices. Members spoke in support, citing real-life incidents involving missing children and adults, and the bill passed 18-0. HB 4037, a Pasco County mosquito control cleanup bill, also passed unanimously, as did PCS for HB 639, which expands eligibility for an existing Fraternal Order of Police specialty license plate to all Floridians and adds nonprofit and financial reporting requirements for specialty plate organizations. HB 667, brought by Rep. Valdés with Freedom High School students through the Ought to Be a Law program, would raise the helmet requirement for electric personal assisted mobility devices from under 16 to under 18; the students testified about e-bike and e-scooter injuries and fatalities, and the bill passed 18-0. The committee also approved PCS for HB 975, which clarifies management and security authority for the Capitol Center and Complex, and HB 695, a public records exemption tied to a health care interstate compact, by a 17-1 vote. HB 181, expanding a pawnbroker transaction records exemption to FDLE, and HB 1087, making Florida Retirement System pension-plan member and payee information confidential, both passed unanimously. HB 1515, a public records exemption tied to a uterine fibroid research database, also passed unanimously after the sponsor explained the Department of Health had been unable to implement the database because of data-identification problems. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1283, which would allow anonymous complaints against law enforcement officers only when accompanied by corroborating evidence and would bar non-disciplinary investigative outcomes from being used in promotions and other personnel decisions. Police chiefs and sheriffs opposed the bill as amended, arguing the corroboration standard should include evidence developed by agencies and warning about personnel-management consequences, while law enforcement supporters said the bill protects officers from malicious complaints. Civil rights and advocacy groups opposed it, warning it would chill reporting and harm victims, especially in sexual misconduct cases. After extensive debate, the committee adopted an amendment to align the bill with the Senate companion and then passed HB 1283 18-0. The committee also passed HB 139, expanding whistleblower protections to adverse actions by individuals and placing investigations with the Florida Commission on Human Relations, and HB 953, which gives county tax collectors authority to partner with DHSMV in overseeing commercial driving schools and combating fraud; both passed unanimously. The meeting also included HB 627, which directs officers in the field to refer public records requesters to the proper custodian rather than processing requests during active incidents; despite opposition from protest and civil liberties advocates, it passed 18-0. Finally, the committee heard HB 1473, a public records exemption for portions of domestic-terrorism designation materials. Supporters said it was needed to protect sensitive security information, while opponents argued it was vague and could be used to hide executive decision-making and target protesters or Muslim communities. After an amendment and lengthy debate, the bill passed 13-4.

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• We need to make California affordable by rolling back the disastrous policies, regulations and taxes
• practices nothing to allow our property owners to get defensible space because of the environmental regulations
• He served on the El Dorado Hills County Water District for 33 years.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• We set it in under the Trump administration when the Blue Water Navy and others and the Mission Act were
• Now you over here in the Senate and myself, is why are regulations keeping us from getting to the help
• Some of them dealt with the federal hiring freeze, the freeze on regulation, and other issues.

Committee: Senate Senate Veterans' Affairs

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• </c><00:11:50.680><c> of</c> to this is the one on the regulations of to this is the one on the regulations
• We are the men and women who plow our roads, ensure we have clean water to drink, and that our children
• We are the men and women who plow our roads, ensure we have clean water to drink, and that our children
• We are the men and women who plow our roads, ensure we have clean water to drink, and our children are
• to drink and our children are safe water to drink and our children are safe and<04:53:12.840><c> our

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 622, but after the sponsor said further research raised concerns, he asked that the bill be tabled. The committee then moved in executive session and voted unanimously to find the bill inexpedient to legislate, sending it to consent. The committee also retained House Bill 349, the ophthalmologic laser bill, after members said more time was needed for the professions involved to work out training standards and provide additional information; that motion also passed unanimously. The committee then discussed House Bill 244, a municipal building/fire code recodification measure. Members said the bill needed more review and careful scrutiny because of its length and possible unintended effects, and they voted unanimously to retain it as well. House Bill 534 was then heard; the sponsor said the bill did not do what was intended because of a misunderstanding about current processing, and the committee voted inexpedient to legislate and placed it on consent. The committee next considered House Bill 233, with an amendment to remove a requirement affecting the New Hampshire Vaccine Association. Supporters argued the bill would reduce an unnecessary burden and improve transparency, while opponents said the committee should not single out one private 501(c)(3) organization. The amendment was adopted 8-5, and the bill as amended then passed 7-6; a minority report was requested. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 536, a proposed 1.5% cost-of-living adjustment for certain state retirees. The sponsor and supporters argued retirees had not received adequate COLAs and that the bill would help offset inflation, while the retirement system testified that the proposal would add significant costs, including an estimated $1.5 million for the state, $6.6 million for political subdivisions, and about $100.7 million in present-value unfunded liability, with the impact reflected in future employer contribution rates.

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• We've got a bunch of regulations that we all have to comply with, and, you know, it's really cool.
• We have legislation where we're looking at just the regulation of these chatbots that can mimic human
• Well, AI uses a lot of energy, specifically a lot of water.
• Well, AI uses a lot of energy, specifically a lot of water.
• okay I I well University might of water okay I I well University might be<01:20:55.239><c> able</c><

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• </c> alternative technology regulation alternative technology regulation resource<01:23:44.000><c> um
• </c> continue to rely on state regulated continue to rely on state regulated utility<01:46:39.599><c>
• </c><01:54:50.079><c> of</c> requires that there be regulation of requires that there be regulation of
• In the middle that's regulated are the utilities.
• The problem is, because they're regulated, they have been able to avoid that.

Committee: House Science, Technology and Energy

Keywords: 1189, house, all

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• Childhood for inspections and investigations, imposing certain requirements in connection with regulation
• committees that were allowed to meet last year that now will be suspended for this next interim: the Water
• committees that were allowed to meet last year that now will be suspended for this next interim: the Water

Keywords: 981, all

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• have field offices in every single county of the state and work with farmers on crop management, watering
• Management, watering, other types of agricultural research, and improvements.
• impact on us, and their impact that will make us become illegal in terms of following the federal regulation

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance held an extended hearing focused primarily on University of California budget issues, enrollment, housing, and Title IX. Chair David Alvarez opened by noting the governor’s proposed 8% ongoing General Fund reduction to UC, the deferral of compact funding, and the College of the Law budget item, while emphasizing that no votes would be taken that day. Public commenters, including UC Davis employees and lecturers, urged restoration of UC funding and opposed the hiring freeze, saying cuts would worsen staffing shortages, reduce research capacity, and harm students and patients. On UC core operations, the Department of Finance said the governor’s budget maintains the compact but defers $240.8 million in ongoing support and continues a planned 7.95% reduction, while the LAO recommended rejecting the deferrals and instead making any changes in the budget year. UC San Diego’s chancellor and UC Office of the President argued the cuts and deferrals would create major campus shortfalls, force hiring freezes, larger class sizes, fewer course offerings, delayed projects, and possible layoffs. Committee members questioned whether cuts could be shifted away from students and toward administration, discussed UCOP reserves and bond debt, and noted that UC’s budget structure makes the campus-level impact larger than the headline reduction. The committee also reviewed enrollment trends and nonresident replacement. The LAO said UC resident enrollment has grown and recommended revisiting 2026-27 targets and pausing the nonresident replacement plan if state funding does not improve. UC said it has exceeded California undergraduate enrollment and nonresident replacement goals, but warned that continued growth without funding would force enrollment reductions and harm quality. Members discussed the role of nonresident and international students, tuition rates, and the value of UC as a pathway for California students and a source of talent for the state. A separate housing item covered the state’s Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program. UC reported that recent bond savings could support additional affordable beds at UC Davis and UC Santa Barbara, but the LAO and Finance noted the Legislature would need to decide how to use the $6.2 million in savings from the original projects. The committee also heard a Title IX update from UC’s systemwide civil rights office, which described campus Title IX structures, training, and policy enforcement, and said the system has been working to improve confidentiality guidance and streamline complaint processes after survey feedback showed confusion and lengthy procedures.

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• We had over 20 acres of water after the Mayfield tornado that we had to manage for about eight months
• of water after the Mayfield<00:52:57.200><c> tornado</c><00:52:57.839><c> that</c><00:52:58.079><c>
• , particularly in mountainous terrain, usually occur outside of the reach of water sources or vehicle
• , that still leaves by the flood waters, that still leaves over<02:03:51.040><c> a</c><02:03:51.119><
• Um, but that is what is in the regulations.

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The task force met with a quorum, approved the August meeting minutes, and heard a presentation from Dr. Jerry Brosky of the Kentucky Mesonet and Kentucky Climate Center. He described the Mesonet’s statewide weather network, now with 84 stations in 78 counties, real-time data used by the National Weather Service, mobile apps, and more than a billion observations. He said recent legislative funding has allowed upgrades such as soil temperature and moisture sensors, cameras at every site, and improved communications and power systems, and has enabled expansion into new counties. He also highlighted products used for flooding, drought, and heat safety, including a wet bulb globe temperature tool being developed with the Department of Public Health. In response to questions, he said counties interested in a station should contact his center, that a station typically costs about $50,000, and that the program is already considering a second Pike County site. The committee then heard from Ryan Drain of Blue Skies and Chris McGee of the American Red Cross on long-term disaster recovery and a software platform called Darcy, short for Disaster Aware and Ready Communities Initiative. McGee explained the Red Cross’s long-term recovery work, including support for recovery groups, direct financial assistance, grantmaking, and coordination with local and federal partners. He emphasized that disasters are occurring more frequently and with repeated impacts, and shared examples from Kentucky and other states showing the need for organized recovery and storm shelter support. Drain said Darcy was developed after the 2021 Mayfield-Graves tornado recovery to replace fragmented spreadsheets and PDFs with a centralized, survivor-led system for preparedness, response, and recovery, designed to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and shorten recovery time. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond adoption of the minutes.

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• They're not subject to the same government regulation.
• Um I believe uh from talking regulation.
• </c><01:41:26.639><c> Point</c><01:41:26.800><c> of</c><01:41:26.880><c> water.
• Point of water. what you're all about.
• regulations regulations um<02:32:14.960><c> currently</c><02:32:15.520><c> in</c><02:32:15.840><c> place

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 69, including a germane amendment about local school boards’ acceptance or rejection of gifts and donations and a non-germane amendment creating a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program for preschool children not yet in kindergarten. Rep. Cordelli said the early literacy proposal was a modified version of an earlier kindergarten readiness bill, would rely on gifts and donations rather than state appropriations, and would include reporting requirements. Members questioned the shift from a broader technology program to an online-only model, the lack of detailed evaluation metrics, how long children would use the program, and whether it was appropriate for very young children. Cordelli said the change was intended to avoid government dependence and still allow the program to be offered next school year. Several members raised concerns about the gift-acceptance language on the underlying bill, including whether school boards would need to vote on small donations, whether gifts could be handled in blocks or at regular meetings, and how anonymous donations would work under right-to-know laws. Rep. Han noted that some gift discussions might belong in non-public session under RSA 91-A, while Rep. Cornell said acceptance or rejection of gifts could be handled at regular meetings and suggested a dollar threshold could be added later. The New Hampshire School Boards Association said it was not taking a position but wanted clearer guardrails, policy guidance, and clarification on timing, anonymity, and public-meeting requirements. Supporters of the early childhood program, including Waterford.org, said the proposal would provide an evidence-based, adaptive online literacy program with family engagement for four- and five-year-olds, and that it could help close early learning gaps. Waterford said it could work collaboratively with school districts and IEP teams, and that it would provide devices and internet access for families who need them. Committee members pressed on how the program would interact with existing special education services and whether districts could use it as part of an IEP; the response was that it would be supplementary and not an approved special education service. No votes were taken during the hearing; the chair indicated the committee would later executive the bills and try to get reports filed promptly.

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• </c><00:42:44.960><c> and</c> you had questions about regulations and you had questions about regulations
• Pelia, director of the water division. Pelia, director of the water division.
• </c><01:33:48.880><c> of</c> we don't we are not the regulators of we don't we are not the regulators
• They're subject to less stringent regulations or less complex regulations.
• </c> includes um not only regulating includes um not only regulating facilities<01:42:15.119><c> that

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee reviewed a handout comparing House Bill 2 to current retirement law and walked through the bill section by section with staff from the retirement system. The discussion focused on vesting, earnable compensation, average final compensation, compensation-over-base limits, special duty pay, normal retirement age, re-retirement, and maximum benefit rules for Group 2/Tier B members. Staff explained that some provisions would restore pre-2011 rules, including counting certain end-of-career payments such as unused sick and vacation time in earnable compensation and reducing the AFC averaging period from five years back to three. They also described how the bill would eliminate the current cap on compensation over base, which mainly affects overtime, and noted that the actuarial cost of the AFC-related changes is interrelated rather than easily broken out by feature. A separate discussion covered the special duty pay limitation, which currently applies to Tier A and would be removed under the governor’s bill for both Tier A and Tier B members after their vested buy date. Staff said the actuary estimated that removing the special duty limitation would increase costs by about $13.9 million. Members also asked about the practical difference between overtime and special duty, with staff explaining that special duty generally involves work for a private third party, often police detail work, while overtime depends more on staffing and scheduling. The committee also reviewed the normal retirement age changes for Tier B and the possibility that some members would need to work longer to reach the new vested buy date. Members raised concerns about an ambiguity in the bill that could allow already-retired Tier B members to return to work, then re-retire and claim the higher benefits, or allow vested deferred members to stop working and wait for the new vested buy date. Staff said the governor’s office did not intend to allow that result and requested clarifying language, noting that the bill as drafted does not expressly prohibit it. The committee also discussed part-time and seasonal work after retirement, with staff explaining that such work generally does not restore membership unless the person takes a full-time position requiring enrollment. Finally, the committee reviewed the maximum benefit provisions and noted that HB 2 in the current year does not change the maximum benefit date or include the 1.5% annual escalator that had been part of the 2023 proposal, making the current bill more costly than the earlier version.

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• The PA compact also has a number of benefits for state regulators.
• It reduces application processing time, encourages cooperation among states in regulating PA practice
• PA practice and facilitates regulating PA practice and facilitates cooperation<00:12:39.279><c> on</
• When PAs practice under the compact, they must abide by the laws and regulations of the state they are
• of New Hampshire just as PAs regulations of New Hampshire just as PAs do<00:13:43.839><c> today.

Committee: Senate Executive Departments and Administration

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• For many, many years, the Minnesota Department of Health has overseen this regulation, their authority
• In Minnesota, when you leave a hole open with a pipe in the ground with water, that's going to freeze
• by both DLI work are currently regulated by both DLI and<00:14:54.000><c> MDH,</c><00:14:55.120><c>
• How do you address the ever-increasing regulations, mandates, expectations to succeed?
• ,</c><01:48:51.960><c> mandates,</c> everinccreasing regulations, mandates, everinccreasing regulations

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Moving down to line 823, this would provide some additional temporary funding for Boundary Waters Care
• for</c> additional temporary funding for additional temporary funding for Boundary<00:29:07.440><c> Waters
• Care</c><00:29:08.159><c> Center</c><00:29:08.880><c> uh</c><00:29:09.200><c> center</c> Boundary Waters
• Care Center uh center Boundary Waters Care Center uh center nursing<00:29:09.919><c> facility</c><00
• groups. ...been involved a lot of regulating groups, and my philosophy is to try to decide.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• So for every statutory provision there are also managed care regulations in this section. is not aware
• So for every statutory provision there are also managed care regulations in this section. >> Thank you
• be some of the ways that we could work together for a concern without, you know, navigating into waters
• </c><01:28:27.360><c> where</c><01:28:27.520><c> we</c><01:28:27.760><c> we</c> navigating into waters
• </c> especially for purposes of regulating especially for purposes of regulating surgery<03:35:42.319

Committee: Senate Health and Human Services

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• So these AEDs are popping up, and the regulations to have signage along roadways is also being increased
• to have signage along regulations to have signage along roadways<00:19:13.840><c> is</c><00:19:14.240
• would help find them in a regulation would help find them in a dire<00:20:18.320><c> need.
• water and sewer lines within public rights of way.
• water and sewer lines within public rights of way.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I think no matter what industry, we have to make sure we do our due diligence of regulating it.
• </c><01:41:12.159><c> The</c> due diligence of regulating it. The due diligence of regulating it.
• <01:41:15.600><c> an</c> regulate an regulate an oversight<01:41:17.520><c> that</c><01:41:17.840><c>
• This is a grant for the Boundary Waters Care Center Nursing Facility.
• :41.679><c> Center</c><02:05:42.080><c> Nursing</c> Boundary Waters Care Center Nursing Boundary Waters

Committee: Senate Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• when there was a huge increase in housing costs, it really, the criteria used were blown out of the water
• </c><01:31:03.560><c> and</c><01:31:03.840><c> I</c> were were blown out of the water and I were were
• blown out of the water and I think<01:31:04.199><c> that</c><01:31:04.760><c> um</c><01:31:05.520><c
• that we have to monitor that regulations that we have to monitor that we<02:47:25.000><c> don't</c><
• </c><02:48:27.680><c> is</c> remain compliant with CMS regulations is remain compliant with CMS regulations

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Summary: The House Finance Division 3 work session continued its review of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Medicaid budget and related policy issues, with CFO Nathan White and Medicaid Director Henry Litman presenting updated materials. The discussion focused on a crosswalk between the adjusted FY 2025 Medicaid budget and the governor’s FY 2026 recommendation, plus handouts showing service additions, eligibility changes, dental rates, and other Medicaid changes since 2019. The department also said it would provide a clearer breakdown of the pharmacy cost-sharing item by general, federal, and other funds. Members asked detailed questions about the Medicaid enhancement tax, the 80% plan, and how funds are allocated between hospital payments, directed payments, and DSH uncompensated care. The department explained that the MET is being used more toward rates and directed payments to better align with federal matching rules, while DSH remains important for uncompensated care. They also noted that a pending Senate Bill 249 would keep the 80% structure and move to Senate Finance. On the trigger law, the department identified the governing provision as Chapter 342:12, Laws of 2018, and explained that if the federal match for Medicaid expansion falls below 90%, the state must notify legislative leaders and participants and the program would sunset after 180 days unless the legislature acts. The committee also reviewed current Medicaid expansion enrollment and program trends. Officials said enrollment was just under 59,000 as of March 3, with about 87,000 people enrolled over the past year and more than a quarter-million residents having used the program over its lifetime. They said enrollment has fallen from a post-pandemic high of nearly 97,000 and may eventually settle in the low 50,000s. Finally, the department discussed federal DSH funding risk, saying New Hampshire could face a significant reduction if Congress does not extend current protections, which is part of why the state has shifted more funding toward payment rates and directed payments.

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• It's creating shortages with green new scam regulations on construction and a host of other false regulations
• And the infection is the taxes, regulations, and rules that the state government comes up with.
• It's creating shortages with green new scam regulations on construction and a host of other false regulations
• The infection is the taxes, regulations, and rules that the state government comes up with.
• Paying their excessive usage of electricity, excessive usage of water.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all